334 RUBIACE.E. 



cent : limb shortly tubular, repand-entire ; corolla glabrous. — Malanea, Lam. — A small tree ; 

 leaves 3"'-4"' long.— Hab. Jamaica I, Sw.; [Cuba !]. 



85. S. lucidum, G. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, blunt, shining-glabrous : veins 

 not prominulous beneath : stipules lanceolate-subulate ; peduncles once or twice 2-fid below 

 or at the middle : branches slender : flowers distant ; calyx turbinate, glabrous : limb longer 

 than the tube, with 5 roundish ciliolate lobes ; corolla-tube glabrous, clavate (3'" long) : 

 lobes 5, roundish; anthers half-exserted ; drupe ellipsoidal-oblong, contracted below the 

 calyx-limb, 2-celled. — Vahl, Symb. 3. t. 57. — Laugeria, Sw. — A small tree; leaves charta- 

 ceous, 3"-2" long, equalling the peduncles ; corolla white ; drupe 3'" long below the crown, 

 black. — Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/.; S. Lucia!, Masson ; Trinidad; [Cuba!, Haiti!, S. Croix, 

 Guadeloupe], 



86. S. acutatum, DC. Leaves elliptical, pointed, glabrous: primary veins delicate, 

 prominulous beneath : stipules lanceolate, pointed ; peduncles once or twice bifid about the 

 middle : blanches recurved : flowers subdistant ; calyx minute, linear-oblong, glabrous : 

 limb as long as the tube, 4-fd to the middle, with narrow acuminate lobes ; corolla-tube 

 flliform-clavate, slightly puberulous (3'" long): lobes 4, short, oblong ; anthers included ; 

 drupe ellipsoidal-oblong, pointed, 2-celled. — Leaves rigid, 5"-2" long j drupe 4'" long. — 

 Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Guadeloupe!]. 



87. S. coriaceum, Gr. " Leaves elliptical, bluntish, glabrous, veinless : stipules acu- 

 minate; peduncles once or twice bifid: flowers distant; calyx 4-dentate: teeth blunt; 

 corolla-tube glabrescent (6"' long) : lobes 4, short, roundish ; anthers included ; drupe ob- 

 long, bluntly acuminate, 4-celled." — Laugeria, V. Guettarda, Pers. — A low tree. — Hab. 

 Montserrat (F.), iu high mountains; [Guadeloupe]. 



Sect. 2. Laugekia, V. — Ovary 4-fS-celled. Flowers supported by minute bracts. Stipules 

 persistent. — Resinous-viscid, low trees or shrubs. 



88. S. resinosum, Gr. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, glabrous, viscid 

 above : stipules connate-sheathing within the petioles, subtruncate, ciliate ; peduucles shortly 

 2-fid, as long as the leaves : flowers serial, subdistant ; calyx minute, turbinate-oblang : 

 limb short, truncate-repand ; corolla-tube filiform-clavate, glabrous, (3'" long): lobes 

 5 (-"4") ; anthers included; "drupe 4-5-celled." — Vahl, Eclog. t. \Q.fig. 6: analyt. — 

 Laugeria, F. Guettarda, Pers. — 8' high ; leaves 4"-3" long. — Hab. Montserrat (F.), in 

 high mountains, Dominica!, hnr. ; [Portorico, Trinidad]. 



Guettarda mscosa, Duchass., "VValp., which I had reduced to S. resinosum, proves a dis- 

 tinct species : 



S. viscosum, Gr. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, with a bluntish. point, reticulated-veiny, gla- 

 brous, viscid above (2*-l* long) ; stipules distinct, subulate : peduncles shortly 2-tid, 

 puberulous, as long as the leaves : branches few-flowered ; calyx oblong : limb as long as the 

 tube, unequally ^-partite, with linear segments ; corolla-tube filiform-clavate, slightly pube- 

 rulous ($™ long) : lobes 5, spathulate-oblong ; anthers included ; drupe ellipsoidal, 5-6- 

 cclled : cells excentrical, separated by thin dissepiments.— Hab. Desirade, a small island 

 near Guadeloupe, on the calcareous seashore : Duchass. ! 



89. S. myrtifolium, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaves small, elliptical, reticulated-veiny, glabrous, 

 viscid above: stipules distinct, deltoid; peduncles simple, ^,-flowered, exceeded by the 

 leaves: flowers approximate, sessile; calyx oblong ; limb as long as the tube, truncate; corolla- 

 tube filiform-clavate, glabrous, (4''' long) : lobes 5, oblong, rounded : anthers oblong. — ■ 

 Leaves 6"'-8'" long, slightly pointed, rounded at both ends : petiole 1'" long, thickish, 

 equalling the viscid stipules. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. 



33. CHOMEL1A, Jaeq. 



Calyx-limb 4-fid or 4-dentate, persistent. Corolla salver-shaped •. lobes 4, narrow, in- 

 duplicative. Anthers linear, subsessile- below the corolla-throat, included, or with the point 

 exserted. Stigma 2-fid. Drupe 2(-l)-celled : cells of the endocarp distant, as narrow as 

 the cylindrical seeds. — Shrubs, often with spinescent branches ; stipules persistent ; flowers 

 in contracted, peduncled, axillary cymes. 



'JO. C. fasciculata, Sw. ' Branches hairy, spinescent ; leaves ovate-roundish, shortly 



